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The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - April 2019

Posted April 10, 2019 - 09:45

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for April 2019:

La contribución de las universidades al desarrollo económico y social - Fundación CYD

Posted March 24, 2019 - 11:41

This paper, La contribución de las universidades al desarrollo económico y social, recently published as a blog item from Fundación CYD, Spain, may be of interest to subscribers involved with the contribution of universities to cities and regions; an area that PASCAL itself still works in in various ways including in our work with global south partners in SUEUAA and the work we highlighted last week in Taiwan, which is part of a larger project in Hong Kong, Scotland and Italy.

PASCAL assesses community engagement at Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Taiwan

Posted March 16, 2019 - 10:11

Since November 2018, Datong Community College (DCC) in Taipei City, Taiwan, and Yuanpei University of Medical Technology (YUMT) in nearby Hsinchu City, have carried out an assessment of the contribution of the university to regional development in the field of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Yuanpei University of Medical Technology firstly used the "How good is your community?” benchmarking evaluation toolkit provided by PASCAL to conduct self-assessment in each of eight domains of engagement.

PASCAL delegation welcomed in Taiwan

Posted March 11, 2019 - 16:02

PASCAL was delighted to be hosted on March 11th by the Speaker of Hsinchu City Council in Taiwan, Hsiu-Jui Hsu at his offices. Professors Michael Osborne and Roberta Piazza were able to discuss the outcomes of a recent study, using PASCAL tools, led by Eugenia Chang, Principal of Datong Community College and Marten Ma of Yuanpei, University of Medical Technology concerning the contribution of that university to the development of the city.

UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter: March 2019

Posted March 8, 2019 - 14:38

Here is the latest UNESCO Chair in CBR Newsletter.

Benchmarking regional engagement in Taiwan

Posted February 28, 2019 - 16:54

In November 2018, Vice President Dr. Roland Tsai and Chief Officer of International and Cross-Strait Affairs Dr. Hsiao-Ling Huang, both of Yuanpei University of Medical Technology (YUMT), met with President Eugenia Chang of Datong Community College of Taipei City to initiate our assessment of practice of regional and community engagement.

Truly Civic: Strengthening the Connection between Universities and their Places

Posted February 23, 2019 - 11:02

The final report of the UPP foundation’s consideration of the civic role of universities has just been published. Entitled “Truly Civic: Strengthening the connection between universities and their places’ it is featured below and attached.

The role of University Community Partnerships in research on economic insecurity and wellbeing

Mar 6 2019 14:00
Europe/London
University of Brighton, Falmer Campus
Village Way
Brighton BN1 9PH
United Kingdom  United Kingdom

We have focused our work on the key policy area of what have come to be known as ‘Ordinary Working Families’ or the ‘Just About Managing’. Whatever the preferred term, the challenges facing people on low to medium incomes have remained high on the political agenda in recent years.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - February 2019

Posted February 14, 2019 - 06:42

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

Here is a copy of Talloires Network E-Newletter for February 2019:

Interdisciplinarity: The New Discipline?

Sep 3 2019
Sep 5 2019
Europe/London
University of Glasgow School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Crichton Campus
Dumfries, DG1 4ZL
Scotland  Scotland

The School of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Glasgow, will mark 20 years of the University of Glasgow’s presence at its Dumfries campus with a conference examining interdisciplinarity, its evolving interpretations, histories and uses.

 

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